μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Task: recovering lost objects.

Tests. · Tests of prowess: tasks. · Nature of tasks. · Superhuman tasks. · view the constellation · filed as H1132

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Filed under Superhuman tasks.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Task: recovering lost object from sea Task: recovering object in large fire Task: recovering object from python's hole
Filed beside it
Task: building enormous bridge. (Cf. H359.1.) Task: building castle (fort) Task: annihilating (overcoming) army single-handed Task: bringing winds from the whole world Task: binding waves of the sea Task: supplying water in land where it is lacking Task: eating enormous amount Task: drinking enormous amount Task: dipping out the sea with a spoon: countertask: stop all the rivers. (Cf. H1113., H1142.3.) Task: measuring ocean Tasks: other difficult measurements Task: carrying mountain on head Task: making ladder which whole army cannot set up Miscellaneous superhuman tasks

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